idpf_vport_open(9)

💅 idpf_vport_open(9) — bestie edition

okay so you found the Kernel API Manual page for idpf_vport_open, and honestly? you're in the right place. this is the function that brings a vport up. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME

idpf_vport_open — Bring up a vport

like literally, this is the "wake up bestie, we're going online" function for a vport. no cap. 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS

int idpf_vport_open (struct idpf_vport *vport , bool rtnl );

it returns an int (iykyk, check your return values), it takes a struct idpf_vport *vport, and it takes a bool rtnl. that's the whole signature. iconic. 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• vport — the vport you want to bring up. like, the actual one. hand it over. 🦋
• rtnl — whether to take the RTNL lock. yes/no, that's the entire decision you're making here. choose wisely bestie 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO

kay so first of all, the kernel file this lives in is:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c

and now the friend group — these are all the related functions, and yeah there's a lot of them, but we're listing every single one because we don't do half-finished over here 💖

idpf_init_vector_stack(9), idpf_deinit_vector_stack(9), idpf_mb_intr_rel_irq(9), idpf_intr_rel(9), idpf_mb_intr_clean(9), idpf_mb_irq_enable(9), idpf_mb_intr_req_irq(9), idpf_mb_intr_init(9), idpf_vector_lifo_push(9), idpf_vector_lifo_pop(9), idpf_vector_stash(9), idpf_req_rel_vector_indexes(9), idpf_intr_req(9), idpf_del_all_flow_steer_filters(9), idpf_find_mac_filter(9), __idpf_del_mac_filter(9), idpf_del_mac_filter(9), __idpf_add_mac_filter(9), idpf_add_mac_filter(9), idpf_del_all_mac_filters(9), idpf_restore_mac_filters(9), idpf_remove_mac_filters(9), idpf_deinit_mac_addr(9), idpf_init_mac_addr(9), idpf_cfg_netdev(9), idpf_get_free_slot(9), idpf_remove_features(9), idpf_vport_stop(9), idpf_stop(9), idpf_decfg_netdev(9), idpf_vport_rel(9), idpf_vport_dealloc(9), idpf_is_hsplit_supported(9), idpf_vport_get_hsplit(9), idpf_vport_set_hsplit(9), idpf_vport_alloc(9), idpf_get_stats64(9), idpf_statistics_task(9), idpf_mbx_task(9), idpf_service_task(9), idpf_restore_features(9), idpf_set_real_num_queues(9), idpf_up_complete(9), idpf_rx_init_buf_tail(9), idpf_init_task(9), idpf_sriov_ena(9), idpf_sriov_configure(9), idpf_deinit_task(9), idpf_check_reset_complete(9), idpf_init_hard_reset(9), idpf_vc_event_task(9), idpf_initiate_soft_reset(9), idpf_addr_sync(9), idpf_addr_unsync(9), idpf_set_rx_mode(9), idpf_set_features(9), idpf_open(9), idpf_change_mtu(9), idpf_chk_tso_segment(9), idpf_features_check(9), idpf_set_mac(9)

go read them. all of them. i'll wait 💀

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k that's the page!! mwah 🍓 this lovely little doc comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and it's idpf_vport_open(9) signing off. slay, bye 🧚💜